Eclectic Line «Casa Parinteasca» and «Balestra Berlin» have partnered with skilled craftswomen from rural Moldova and the contemporary fashion designer lsabell de Hillerin from Berlin. Together they have organized a program of fashion design workshops. The aim is to help integrate traditional stories and methods from an established artisan industry with new European fashion trends. The resulting fashion collection is a modern interpretation of Moldovan traditions with contemporary fashion design, presented during an international one-day festival in Palanca and Berlin Fashion Week 2012. Tandem Moldova 2011-12 Environment Global & Local Rural development Sustainability Berlin Palanca, Calarasi district Crafts Fashion Silvana de Hillerin Balestra Berlin Berlin, Germany Tatiana Popa Casa Parinteasca Palanca, Calarasi district, Moldova The connection "Eclectic Line": a connection between Berlin (Germany) & Palanca, Calarasi district (Moldova)